{{
`${userDetail.user.displayName}${userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode ? `#${standardizeBungieGlobalCode(userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode)}` : ""}`}}
{{getUserClans()}}
11/10/2014 11:11:56 AM
26
Let's talk about Thorn
Thorn is a handgun that has a "damage over time" (dot) effect. It is an exotic weapon which can be aquired via a relatively hard exotic bounty.
Generally I am satisfied with the damage Thorn has. But it is not the damage that makes me think that Thorn should not be an exotic weapon. It has 6 bullets in a magazine and a reload time out of hell.
The general situation in pvp for me is the following:
There is an enemy. I shoot at him, I miss once but the enemy is dead. I now have 2 bullets left. Too few shots to kill a second enemy. I cannot reload because it almost takes 3 seconds to do so. So I have to switch weapons while going into cover.
Even if I manage to survive that I can only switch back to my Thorn when there is absolutely nothing arround me. Now I have to switch weapons AND have to reload. This is arround 4 seconds now where I am cursed to wait..
If I compare Thorn to Lord High Fixer, I cannot say that Thorn is better. It should be. It is exotic and takes much more effort to get it than any other exotic I know.
In PvE I think the weapon lacks of DPS.
What are your opinions about that weapon?
-
2 RepliesI like the Thorn (Made a video involving it that one time) but it really can only handle an enemy at a time. Once more than one enemy happens, I have to choose between hoping I can hit both with one bullet and throw a grenade if I have one, or bail. Most of the time I can do one enemy at a time through my dedication to using invisibility to my advantage (or attempting to; I don't think it works sometimes. Invisible behind people and they turn on a dime and kill me out of it) , but the reload screws me over anyway if I don't turn invisible fast enough to evade enemies rushing in. I really like it, though. It fits my style of play, but it still feels kind of weak compared to what I could be using instead. Plus, I noticed the only time I get teabagged is when I use the Thorn. Lmao!
